The Laguna Beach City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on the proposal to ban in public the popular mainstay of birthday and graduation parties, whether inflated with helium or not.
FILE - A man folds his umbrella on the beach Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, in Laguna Beach, Calif. Environmental advocates are celebrating in Laguna Beach _ but it won't be with balloons. The hilly, seaside city is weighing a plan to ban the sale and public use of balloons to curtail the risk of devastating wildfires and eliminate a major source of trash floating near the community's scenic shores.
Environmental advocates are taking aim at balloons, arguing they're a preventable cause of coastal pollution that threatens animals and seabirds.
“All my life, I’ve seen children thrilled – of all ages. You can still be a child at 90 years old,” he said.
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